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Nabokov's Dozen

Thirteen Stories
By Vladimir Nabokov
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Nabokov's Dozen is a collection of thirteen short stories by Vladimir Nabokov. Each story delves into unique themes, ranging from intricate personal dilemmas to explorations of human nature. With his characteristic wit and intricacy, Nabokov offers a tapestry of vivid characters and compelling situations, showcasing his literary prowess across different narratives.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate intricately woven tales infused with wit and the unique perspective of a literary master. Exploring themes of memory, art, and the human experience, these stories showcase the author's masterful language and inventive storytelling, offering a captivating and thought-provoking reading experience.

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Nabokov's Dozen

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Thirteen strangely wrought stories make up Nabokov's Dozen.

In some of these stories, shadowy people pass through, cooped up by life, mangled by it, with nowhere to escape to. Their dreams lie stifled, smothered by routine and repetition, and frustrations lurk in all the corners. In others, there are elusive glimpses of fleeting happiness, which flutter away before they can be snatched, waylaying their victims. Like the shimmer of the sea, the gleam of a glass caught by the sun, they sparkle brilliantly only to dissolve again.

Two of the stories, First Love and Mademoiselle O, are autobiographical, and The Assistant Producer is based on real events, but the rest are pure flights of fantasy – or the stuff that life is weaved of?

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Nabokov's Dozen is praised for its evocative storytelling and the depth of emotion it conveys, reminiscent of the works of D.H. Lawrence and Marcel Proust. The collection is noted for its subtlety, capturing themes of sadness and loss with remarkable power.

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ISBN: 9780241302484

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 136g

Pages: 176

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics Vladimir Nabokov

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About the Author

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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